While police maintain it was an isolated
situation, Lussenhop quotes an anonymous law enforcement
official who says the practice of looking up people's records is
common.

"Every single cop in the state has done this," the officer told
Lussenhop. "Chiefs on down."

Anne Marie Rasmusson served as a police officer for nearly a
decade, and was also married to one, Lussenhop writes.

Forced to take early retirement after injuring her back, she felt
alienated from the force. She ended up divorcing her husband in
2007.

She continued to interact with former colleagues, however.
According to Lussenhop, a boyfriend
Rasmusson met at a gym knew some of the same
officers. When she discovered he'd been sharing details of their
relationship with them, she picked up and moved to a rural
village, Lakeville, miles from the Twin Cities.

Rasmusson figured her problems would end there.
But after the ex-boyfriend accused her of violating a harassment
order, she realized the Lakeville police somehow had her
information on file, since they were able to track her down,
Lussenhop reports.

It was at this point she began inquiring about how often her
records had been accessed. What she learned left her traumatized.